Fob, charm, or locket.



No. 767,963. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

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Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN F. W. SCHLEOKSER AND HENRY F. SOHLECKSFR, OF NEWARK,

NEW JERSEY.

OR LOCKET.

' gPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Iate'nt No. 767,963, dated August 16, 1904.

Application filed October 22, 1903.

. To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HERMAN F. W. ScHLEcKsER and HENRY F. ScHLEcKsER, citi zens of the United States, residing at New:

ark, in the county of Essex and State of New 1 Jersey, have invented and produceda new and original Improvement in Fobs, Charms, or Lockets; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a fob, charm, or locket for personal wear of greater simplicity, neatness, and reduced cost of construction; and the invention consists in the improved fob, charm, or locket and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as, will be hereinafter" set forth and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved device, and Fig. 2 is a section of the same taken at the vertical center thereof.

In said drawings, 10 indicates the frame or body, comprising a center plate 11 and an or namental rim l2, projecting laterally from the edges of said plate 10 toforrn a recess at the front thereof. Said rim extends entirely around the edges of said plate, and at the lower end of the body the opposite sides approach one another and form opposite bearings for a pivotal pin 13. Fitting within the said ornamental rim and pivoted on the pin 13 is a lid or cover or closure 14:, adapted, to close the front of the recess and protect the picture, medallion, or similar device fastened to the face of said plate, The outside or front of the cover provides a support for an insignia, such as the eagle 15.

The hinge pin or pivot 13 has a spring 16- coiled thereon, the opposite ends of which bear oppositely on the frame and cover and tend to ;Saria1 No. 178,04=5- (No model.)

throw thelatter outwardly when released to 17 is adapted to engage a cooperating catch 19' on the inner side of the free end or side of the lid or cover.

. At the upper side of the frame is an ornamental piece 20, secured on said frame integrally or by fastenings, and at the center thereof the same is vertically perforated or chambered to receive the pendant 25, which latter is in sections, the male section 26 being threaded and screwed into the larger or female section 27, the said male section having a spring 21 therearound adapted to bear against the lower shoulder or end of the larger section and hold the pendant-catch in catching or holding relation to the cooperating catch of the lid or cover and the pendant-eye 22 at its outward limit of movement. The spring 21 forces the pendant in the direction of draft on the outer end of said pendant, and thus cooperates in holding the hooked catches in locked relation.

The ring 23 for a chain, ribbon, or the like may be loosely secured in the pendant-eye in any suitable manner. The pendant thus serves the double function of a catch for the cover and as a suspensory support for the frame and its attachments, all of which conduces to neatness of appearance and economy of structure.-

' Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is 1. The improved fob, charm or locket herein described, comprising a chambered frame fora picture or device, apin seated at its opposite ends and at the bottom of said-frame, a lid hinged upon said pin a spring on said pin and tending to throw said lid open and a sectional pendant extending through said frame at the side thereof opposite the hinge, the lower section extending into the picturecontaining chamber and therein having a lid catch and the upper section extending upward and projecting out of the frame and having an eye with a connecting link or ring therein,

and a spring arranged around said sectional pendant and tending to hold the pendant in its outward and catching position.

2. The improved fob, charm or locket herein described, comprising a chambered frame for a picture or device, a pin seated at its opposite ends and at the bottom of said frame, a lid hinged upon said pin, a spring on said pin and tending to throw said lid open and a male and female threaded sectional pendant extending through said frame at the side thereof opposite the hinge, the lower section extending into the picture-containing chamher and therein having a lid-catch and the upper section extending upward and projecting out of the frame, and having an eye with a connecting link or ring therein, and a spring arranged around said sectional pendant and tending to hold the pendant in its outward and catching position, said spring bearing upward against the inner end of the larger female section, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 15th day of October, 1903.

HERMAN F. W. SCHLECKSER.

HENRY F. SCHLEOKSER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL,

RUssnLL M. Evnnnrr. 

